Legal Opinion
Benjamin Blier v. United States Lines Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 17, 1961No. 187, Docket 26357PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEDINA, Circuit Judge.
Benjamin Blier was employed as a seaman purser on the vessel SS American Leader, owned by defendant United States Lines Company, and he was injured on May 31, 1957 as he was boarding the vessel on his return from shore leave. The American Leader, having arrived from a foreign port, was at anchor in the Port of New York, at the Staple-ton anchorage. Blier’s version of the accident was that the third section of a three-piece gangway, rigged into place by a shore gang employed by defendant, provided a series of five wooden steps leading from the top of the bulwarks of the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hormel v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Kathleen Troupe v. Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Dowell, Inc. v. JowersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Raul Pinto v. States Marine Corporation of DelawareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Shenker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- United States v. Vincent N. ColabellaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Rodriguez v. Coastal Ship CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1962
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